点评:I reviewed this Sunday car boot sale almost 5 years ago, and expressed my disappointment in how it had deteriorated. Since then I have only visited twice more, on both occasions being disappointed. Today, with good weather, I decide to give it another chance, and I can only say that I should have stayed at home. I don't think there was a genuine car booter there, it is just a traders market, even if selling used goods, prices are high, and bargains are hard to find. A probable reason is the high cost of a pitch, the smallest at 10 foot starts at £20, so taking that into account, plus the likelihood that some of your items will quite possibly be stolen, it probably explains why the real car booter, trying to dispose of their own unanted items, have deserted it.
For years a meat van did a roaring trade, in fact for a while there were two, now none. I would estimate that, compared to about 10 years ago, it is about 20% of the size.
I can now say, with 100% certainty, that I will never return.
翻译:大约五年前,我曾评论过这个周日汽车后备箱甩卖,当时我对它的衰败感到失望。之后我只去过两次,两次都失望而归。今天天气好,我决定再去一次,结果只能说我真应该待在家里。我觉得那里应该没有真正的汽车后备箱甩卖,那只是一个交易市场,即使卖二手货,价格也很高,很难找到便宜货。一个可能的原因是场地成本高昂,最小的10英尺场地起价也要20英镑,考虑到这一点,再加上一些物品很可能被盗,这或许解释了为什么真正的汽车后备箱甩卖者为了处理自己闲置的物品而放弃了这里。
多年来,一辆运肉车的生意一直很红火,事实上,有一段时间只有两辆,现在已经没有了。我估计,与大约10年前相比,现在的规模大约只有现在的20%。
我现在可以百分之百肯定地说,我永远不会再回去。